Camarillo, Calif., April 21, 2003 - Award-winning Nicaraguan poet, novelist, and political activist Gioconda Belli will read from The Country Under My Skin, her memoir of her life as a Sandinista revolutionary, at California State University Channel Islands on Tuesday, May 6, at 7 p.m.
Born into an upper-class family, Belli came of age during the Nicaraguan Revolution. Her memoir, named a “Best Book” by the Los Angeles Times, is a lush account of the dichotomies between her birthright and the life she has chosen, between motherhood and activism, the failures and triumphs of the Revolution, and much more.
Alice McGrath, a Ventura activist, will introduce the author. A book-signing will follow the reading in the Petit Salon at Cal State Channel Islands. For more information, call 805-437-8400.
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